What you can see on the Seville webcam
The camera sits on a rooftop on the eastern edge of the old town, by the Murillo Gardens and the Santa Cruz quarter. In the foreground a broad avenue runs past the trees and palms of the gardens, where the column of the Columbus monument rises from the greenery. Beyond them stand the pinnacles of the cathedral and the Giralda, and further left, far away on the other side of the river, the glass skyscraper of Torre Sevilla. Along the bottom of the picture, a local weather station adds the temperature, pressure, humidity, rain and wind gusts. The picture comes as a time-lapse of the day.
Giralda webcam: Seville Cathedral over the Murillo Gardens
This camera belongs to a Seville weather website and stands on a rooftop on the eastern edge of the old town; two carved stone urns on the parapet sit in the corner of the picture. It looks north-west over a busy avenue and the trees and palms of the Murillo Gardens to the cathedral, with the Giralda rising above its pinnacles. Far off to the left, beyond the river, stands the glass tower of Torre Sevilla.
The strip along the bottom is what makes it useful: temperature, pressure, humidity, rain and wind gusts from the owner's own weather station, next to a picture of the sky over the city. On summer afternoons the reading explains a lot. It comes as a time-lapse of the day, so you can watch the light move across the Giralda.
Two towers, eight centuries apart
The Giralda began as the minaret of the great Almohad mosque, finished in 1198. When the mosque made way for the cathedral, the tower survived, and between 1558 and 1568 Hernán Ruiz built the Renaissance belfry, crowned by the bronze weathervane, the Giraldillo, that gives the tower its name. Inside, it is climbed by ramps rather than stairs. Together with the Alcázar and the Archive of the Indies, the cathedral has been a World Heritage Site since 1987. On the same skyline, Torre Sevilla, designed by César Pelli and finished in 2015, is 180.5 m (592 ft) tall, the tallest building in Andalusia.
When to watch Seville
Seville is one hour ahead of the UK and Ireland. It is one of the hottest cities in Europe: in July and August afternoons average over 36°C, so the temperature on screen is worth a look before planning a midday walk. Winter days are mild, with highs of about 16 to 18°C. Spring brings the scent of orange blossom, the Holy Week processions and the April Fair. The light is softest early and late, when the Giralda turns gold.
Around Seville
Córdoba and its Mosque-Cathedral are less than an hour away by high-speed train. To the south lie Jerez, Cádiz and the beaches of the Costa de la Luz.
Visiting Seville
Seville airport is about 6 miles (10 km) east of the centre. The cathedral, the Alcázar and the Santa Cruz quarter are side by side, a short walk from the gardens on the camera, and the Guadalquivir river is only a few streets west.
